Triple
T20435691
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Billy Sheehan |
E501242
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedAct |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Richie Kotzen |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Richie Kotzen | Statement: [Billy Sheehan, associatedAct, Richie Kotzen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richie Kotzen Context triple: [Billy Sheehan, associatedAct, Richie Kotzen]
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A.
Tommy Shaw
Tommy Shaw is an American rock musician, singer, and songwriter best known as a longtime guitarist and vocalist for the band Styx.
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B.
John Corabi
John Corabi is an American hard rock singer and guitarist best known for his work with bands like Mötley Crüe, The Scream, and Ratt.
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C.
Stephen Pearcy
Stephen Pearcy is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist and founding member of the glam metal band Ratt, prominent in the 1980s hard rock scene.
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D.
Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels is an American singer, songwriter, and reality television personality best known as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison.
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E.
Tommy Thayer
Tommy Thayer is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss, where he performs in the "Spaceman" persona originally made famous by Ace Frehley.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richie Kotzen Target entity description: Richie Kotzen is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for his virtuosic playing and work in bands like Poison, Mr. Big, and The Winery Dogs.
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A.
Tommy Shaw
Tommy Shaw is an American rock musician, singer, and songwriter best known as a longtime guitarist and vocalist for the band Styx.
-
B.
John Corabi
John Corabi is an American hard rock singer and guitarist best known for his work with bands like Mötley Crüe, The Scream, and Ratt.
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C.
Stephen Pearcy
Stephen Pearcy is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist and founding member of the glam metal band Ratt, prominent in the 1980s hard rock scene.
-
D.
Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels is an American singer, songwriter, and reality television personality best known as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison.
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E.
Tommy Thayer
Tommy Thayer is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss, where he performs in the "Spaceman" persona originally made famous by Ace Frehley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69e0b4ab3cfc8190ac9bf32e932316b1 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e685ee758c8190b267b7ce71de8f8c |
completed | April 20, 2026, 8 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:31 a.m.